Combination-cane



(No ModeL).

D. CROWLEY.

COMBINATION GANE.

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"lafrran STATES nATENT Ormea@ DANIEL CROWLEY, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINATlON=CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,213I dated August'7, 1888.

A pplicaron filed May l, 1896. Renewed May 15, 1888. Serial No. 273,996.(No model.)

.To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, DANIEL CROWLEY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Combination-Canes; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to au improvement in combination-canes.

The object is to provide a cane which can be converted at short noticeinto an umbrellahandle, a horse-whip, or a fishing-rod stock, and whichshall be adapted to receive Within it, when not in use, theu1nbrella-cover, horsewhip tip, fshingrod tip, cigars, pipe, andmatches.

Vith these ends in view, my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View of the cane, the sidebeing broken away Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of theumbrella-cover open and ready to be adjusted on the cane. Fig. 3 showsthe same adjusted for use. Fig. 4 represents a fishing-rod tip adjustedfor use, and Fig. 5 represents a whip-tip adjusted for use.

A represents the body of the cane. lt is hollow and is preferably formedof sheet metal covered with a thin coating of some iiexiblematerialcotton cloth, for eXamplewound spirally thereon; but it mayconsist of other material than sheet metal, provided only it be formedhollow. The handle B is also formed hollow, and is conveniently hingedto the body, as shown at b, and provided with a spring-catch, b, adaptedto lock it to the body in closed adjustment. The handle might,however,be provided with a female threaded socket adapted to receive theend of the body A, the latter being provided with a male thread; or thehandle might be provided with a male thread adapted to engage a femalethread in the end of the body; or it might be secured to the body in anyother well-known or approved manner.

The body A is tipped with aferrule, C, provided with a projecting smoothor threaded boss, c. Through the ferrule extends a perforation, c',adapted to receive a locking-pin, as will hereinafter appear.

D represents the umbrella-cover folded and incased within the cane, thespreaders d being secured to a band, d', which is constructed tocollapse when the top is folded. A second band, d2, at the top isadapted to slide over the ferrule C, and is provided With a locking pin,E, adapted to extend through the band d2 and perforation c in theferrule. The lower band, d, is also provided with a spring-actuated pinor dog, e, adapted to engage :a socket or notch, a, in the body of thehandle when the umbrella-top is secured therein in open adjustinent.

The umbrella top, when folded and incased within the body A of the cane,is held within reach of the hand at the base of the handle by means ofan elastic cord, F, secured to the handle end of the body and to afollower, f, which is adapted to engage the end of the folding top andprevent it from working too far toward the tip of the cane.

The horse-whip tip G is provided with a socket, g, on its large endadapted to receive the ferrule and boss on the end of the case, and ithas a lockinglpiu, E', attached to it to secure it in position, asshown. The whiptip G may be stored within the cane-body A, as shown inFig. l.

H represents the tip of a fishing-pole, which is provided with a socket,h, on its large end adapted to iit the ferrule on the cane the same asthe whip-tip, and with a lockingpin, E, to secure it thereon. The tip Hmay also be stored Within the cane, as shown in Fig. l.

Within the handle of the cane is a chamber adapted to receive matches,I; and a pipe, K, and cigars L may also be incased within the body orhandle, or both.

The cane may also be used to lengthen out a fishingrod of ordinarylength, provided with a socket on its end adapted to receive thecane-tip.

The cane-tip may be provided with a cap adapted to fit over the boss c.This would be particularly advantageous when the boss was constructedwith a thread, as it would keep the dirt from clogging the thread.

It is evident, also, that manyr articles not enumerated might be carriedwithin the cane with convenience, and that slight changes might beresorted to in the form and arrangements of its parts without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not Wish to limitmyself strictly to the construction herein set forth.

I am aware that a combination-cane, consisting, essentially, of a hollowcane carrying an umbrella-top, which latter can be removed and securedin open position to the cane, is not new; also, that a hollow canehaving a hollow handle for the reception of matches is old; hence I makeno claim, broadly, thereto.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is=

As a new article of manufacture, a cane havwhip-tip, or fishing-rod tip,the said ferrule having a transverse opening therein for the entrance 0fa locking-pin, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL CROWLEY.

Vitnesses:

M. R. BALLOU, WM. B. S. GAY.

